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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the hair of the girl Ponyboy talks to at the drive-in?

2. What time do Ponyboy and Johnny get to the park?

3. Where do Johnny and Ponyboy get "trapped" at the park?

4. Why do the greasers sneak into the drive-in?

5. Who slaps Ponyboy after he says something hurtful to Johnny?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dally approach the Soc girls at the drive-in?

2. What do Cherry and Ponyboy talk about while getting concessions at the drive-in?

3. What does Jerry say when Ponyboy tells him that he and Johnny are wanted for murder?

4. What does Ponyboy do when he wakes up in the church?

5. Explain how Johnny speaks up to the older boys at the drive-in.

6. What does Ponyboy tell Cherry and the others about Darry as they are walking to Two-Bit's house?

7. Describe the gang known as the "greasers".

8. What does Dally do when Johnny asks if his parents are worried about him?

9. Describe the major event that occurs in Chapter 4 and how is a turning point in the novel.

10. What is Ponyboy's reaction to cutting and dyeing his hair?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the title of the novel. Who is an "outsider" throughout the story, and what makes that person an "outsider"? What other interpretations of the title are there?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the different characters' beliefs about violence. What events shape or change their view of violence? Do they think it's a necessary evil?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the characters in the novel are united by a sense of belonging or wanting to belong. How is Johnny's story specifically reflective of this?

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